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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Humility and loving one's enemies

The only sign of humility is the love of one’s enemies. When one
loves his enemies, he says in effect that they are as worthy of life as he
is, that the Kingdom of God does not depend upon the vindication of
one’s own cause. When one loves his enemies, he has accepted the fact
that he is not the center of the universe. He is willing to admit that the
grace of God may be at work, even in his own behalf, in the resistance and
rejection he encounters from others. By love of enemies and by this standard
alone can the humility of Jesus be measured. The ‘humble of
heart’ whom Jesus admires are those whose hearts have no hatred for
their opponents.

About Me

I write stuff (lots of it), compose music, act in plays, play the piano....and now, after half a century of being a person who goes to work, I've retired.

Read heaps of books, like classical music (and older popular music). Have been a Christian all my life - under various guises: Catholic, Pentecostal, Baptist - (worked from 2007-2010 for the Presbyterians). Ecumenism alive!

In 2014 I published three e-books. The first two form part of the *Grimhilderness* series.

Grimhilda! a fantasy for children and their parents, about a little boy whose parents are kidnapped by his babysitter.

The Mumbersons and the Blood Secret: a kind of sequel to Grimhilda!, with some of the same characters, in which Grimhilda's sisters want the hero's blood...but why?

Diary of a Prostate Wimp, a non-fiction book about my experiences with a prostate operation, available

And this year, 2017, I've finally completed a third book in the Grimhilderness series: The Disenchanted Wizard, in which the heroine finds herself sent into a map to search for her father.